Systems Architect

bcore • Chantilly, VA

14h • Onsite

About The Position

Systems Architect Chantilly, VA TS/SCI with Poly At Bcore, our strength comes from how we deliver impact to the mission. Whether it’s architecting critical IT solutions, producing actionable intelligence, or developing cutting edge technology, we succeed because of the expertise, collaboration, and agility of our teams. Our Mission Services division combines enterprise IT, cloud solutions, DevSecOps, systems engineering, software development, and operational support. Bcore accelerates decisive advantage for warfighters and intelligence professionals by fusing human insight, rapid-fire engineering, precision-measured outcomes, and relentless grit into mission-ready solutions. Do you want to join a team that is building tailored technical solutions to modernize our government’s mission and our client’s business? Do you have a desire to change how people work? Are you interested in helping to protect our nation’s cyber interests? Join our growing team supporting customer missions as a Systems Architect in Chantilly, Virginia . This position is for a Tech Lead for the enterprise PKI program. The Tech Lead will work with a team of engineers, developers, cybersecurity engineers, system architects, and testers. Core business hours are typically from 9 AM – 3 PM, five days a week. Hours can be flexible for either early arrivals, and/or late departures. Some after hours or weekend work may be required to accommodate system deployments and upgrades. While not required, it is highly desirable for the Candidate to have knowledge of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust models. Additionally, the ability to design a robust system to issue, manage, and revoke digital certificates while ensuring the integrity and authenticity of users and entities within a network is desirable. Candidates who do not have all these abilities, but have the ability to learn them, will be considered.

Requirements

• Minimum of 15 years of demonstrable experience
• Significant experience with System Architecture and Engineering
• Familiarity with the sponsor’s enterprise systems
• Working knowledge of PKI Certificates
• Significant experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Microsoft, Google, and/or Oracle)
• Strong, hands-on experience with Linux (CLI)
• Experience with scripting and programming languages like BASH and Python
• Experience in working on teams utilizing Agile workflows and processes
• Experience with Jira

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and understand key concepts like digital certificates, Certificate Authorities (CAs), Registration Authorities (RAs), key management practices, cryptographic algorithms, certificate revocation procedures, and trust chains
• Experience working with CloudFormation / Puppet / Groovy, or other configuration and automation tools
• Experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL / MariaDB, Oracle)
• Experience with Jenkins
• Experience with containers
• Network engineering troubleshooting between Cloud environments and non-Cloud environments
• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions such as Ansible / Terraform, or other configuration and automation tools
• Solid understanding of Web Application Firewall (WAF) configuration and management
• Experience with networking (e.g., ports, routing tables, subnets, VPNs, firewalls, routers, etc.) to include design, integration and troubleshooting issues
• Experience working in a cloud-based environment (AWS)

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to the team’s System Engineers and Developers
• Provide status updates to contract PMO and government staff lead
• Assist in completing monthly Program Management Review (PMR) charts
• Represent the team at staff meetings, requirements meetings, tech lead meetings, and TEMs
• Represent the team at community wide working groups and coordinate the sponsor’s response to action items
• Shepherd new requirements thru the sponsor’s requirements process / pipeline
• Ensure designs are compatible with the architecture and security requirements
• Work with the team’s security engineer to address/mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans
• Prepare communications for upcoming releases
• Work with the government staff lead and project team lead to prioritize work
• Work with all Cloud Service Providers to meet their PKI requirements
• Research new technologies / products that will help increase the overall Authentication security posture for sponsor systems

Benefits

• BCore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed